Camp Olkonoi 3.49

Camp Olkonoi – olkonoi meaning hyena in Maa language – is special.

Before I bought it in August 2012 I had been a regular visitor for four years. I had become so attached to the place that I wanted to make it my home in Africa.
I have a dream.
I want to make the surroundings of the camp a safe haven for wild animals enabling me to watch and study them from the inside. As I have succeeded attracting wild boars to my home in Sweden I believe I can achieve the same in Massai Mara.
The camp has seven big and two small tents, I certainly do not need them all for myself, so I should like to share them with people who love animals and nature as much as I do and are true adventurers because the camp is not a hotel inside the conservancy like so many others. There are no fences.
The seven big tents are fully equipped with comfortable beds, washing facilities, a shower and a toilet. We keep water in buckets, there is no current water of course.
The two small tents can be used as mobile ones, there is also a mobile shower.
In the big kitchen you find a stove working with gas but we prefer to cook our meals on an open fire. There is plenty of dead fire-wood around the camp. There are two tables and a sink for washing the dishes. Waste is collected in various bins for recycling: glas, metal, plastic, organic for compost, paper to burn. There is a spacious store with a refrigerator.
We collect rain water in several big tanks, so we always have clean water at the camp.
We produce our own electricity by solar panels enabling us to charge batteries for cameras, mobile phones, solar lights. There are plenty of solar lights around.
The camp is probably the most ecological of all in Mara as I am very thorough concerning handling of waste.
We always have some basic food in our store but there is no service, you buy your own food, cook your own meals just as you like it. We can assist but we shall not interfere. Food and other things can be bought on your way to the camp, there is a small village (Aitong) quite close where you can get all the basic stuff.


Contacts:
Gabriele Meurer, Grönlid Grytet, 57091 Kristdala, Sweden or
Gutebyvägen 68, 62266 Gotlands Tofta, Sweden
E-mail: g.meurer@hotmail.com
www.campolkonoi.com
Tel.: +46 491 73003
Tel.: +46 498 210093
Tel.: +46 70 2288595
Charges:
Car per day incl. driver and fuel 200 EURO
Accomodation per person and day 30 EURO
All self-service and self-catering.
You can of course come with your own vehicle.
Do not forget: you need to buy tickets when you enter the conservancy.